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Region 4 | June 19, 2025 | Menard/Sangamon

Darby Danzl
darby.danzl@ilsoy.org

Caption: Corn flattened from the high winds in Sangamon County on 6/18.
Caption: Tornado photographed in Sangamon County touching down in southwestern Menard County on 6/18.
Caption: Japanese beetle on a soybean leaf in Menard County on 6/19.
SYNOPSIS

Some late vegetative corn fields (V12+) in Menard County and northwestern Sangamon County are severely lodged from the tornadoes that went through the area on Wednesday (6/18). While some fields lay flat, there seems to be minimal snapping. Other later-planted corn fields in the region range in their vegetative stages (V5–V10) and were left standing after the high winds.

Soybeans appear unharmed by the storms and are starting to flower, although later-planted fields are still around the V4–V5 stage. While scouting, we noticed that Japanese beetles and grape colaspis beetles were beginning to appear, but in very low populations, and leaf-feeding damage was few and far between. Many fields are still growing out of foliar damage from their post-herbicide applications.

A wheat field in Menard County was starting to turn and will likely be ready to harvest within the next couple of weeks.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Mildly Wet (soil is wetter than normal, local vegetation is healthy)
WEATHER

Multiple tornadoes touched down in northwestern Sangamon County and parts of Menard County on 6/18, bringing high winds and up to 1″ of precipitation. Hundreds of earlier-planted corn acres lay flat or are severely lodged from the high winds these storms brought, while soybeans were left unharmed. Temperatures are expected to increase to the high 90s in the coming days.

PRECIPITATION

The storms on Wednesday (6/18) brought various amounts of rainfall to Menard and Sangamon counties, ranging from 0.4-1″ inch. Fields were tacky but no standing water was observed.

SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE

V3-R1

CORN GROWTH STAGE

V5-V18

INSECTS

Japanese beetle and grape colaspis are beginning to show up in low quantities.

WEEDS

Wet conditions may be preventing field access for post spraying as some soybean fields in the area are showing significant weed pressure.

 
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